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Police raid Napster users
News Belgian police have been raiding the homes of suspected Napster users since December 2000, the Belgian authorities admit Friday. ZDNet Belgium reported Thursday that the Belgian arm of the International Federation of the Phonographic Industry (IFPI...
[February 16, 2001, 10:10]
Police e-crime unit calls for industry aid
News Police are now in talks with the Confederation of British Industry (CBI) and other industry bodies about using online investigators at banks and retailers to help spot the origin of large attacks on their customers and pass the details to the...
[December 11, 2008, 7:15]
This is the UK after New Labour
Talkback If it goes to Crown Court the judge will usually go with the police or best barrister leaving room for appeal, fine if you are rich, not so good if you are not. The police make up crimes as they see fit, viz.theft of a broadband connection...
[August 28, 2007, 10:11]
Tsunami appeal site 'hacker' found guilty
News But Judge Purdy also said that Cuthbert had changed his defence, between being interviewed by police at the beginning of the year and his appearance in court this week. Judge Purdy said that Cuthbert was "deliberately trying to throw the police off...
[October 6, 2005, 16:10]
Net hits back at UK crime
News A crime-fighting Web site that employs email to tip-off the police was launched Friday by Crimestoppers Trust. Carter confesses the police were initially reticent to give and receive information via the Web but more and more police forces are keen...
[October 4, 1999, 11:02]
Court rules for Web users in privacy case
News The appeal panel's decision could be a boon for privacy advocates, who have worried that laws such as the Patriot Act, which expanded the powers of law enforcement agencies in the wake of the 11 September attacks, gave police and other forces more...
[May 13, 2003, 12:26]
Lords votes in favour of DNA-deletion process
News She said that at present, "the initial response to a request for destruction is an automatic refusal", with the police guidelines recommending that those applying are automatically refused, although chief police officers have the discretion to do...
[November 6, 2008, 8:55]
Freedom of speech v the will to protect children
News Claiming the Internet is impossible to police is not an excuse for allowing it to remain above the law, Peterson claimed. Martin Jauch, chief superintendent with the Metropolitan police Vice Squad said.
[March 22, 1999, 10:55]
Web war rages over DVD-cracking site
News As a result, ISPs have come to play a significant role as Internet copyright police. The case, a major test of the DMCA, is on appeal. But some critics of the law say it stacks the deck in favour of copyright holders, giving Web site operators...
[January 25, 2001, 9:03]
Phone thefts near half-million mark
News What makes this initiative work is the close coordination and partnership between 02, the government, the police and our industry partners to tackle a problem that many previously thought was intractable.
[March 4, 2003, 15:44]
Home Office expands scope of compulsory ID cards
News Now, those required to give their fingerprints to the police will include visitors representing overseas companies in the UK; those visiting for private medical treatment; domestic workers in private households; people with a Commonwealth passport...
[February 12, 2009, 16:32]
Nasa hacker loses final legal challenge
News McKinnon would not be taken into custody — instead, Todner said that normally, the police contact the solicitor asking that the accused surrender to a police station a couple of hours before take-off.
[August 28, 2008, 13:17]
Cybercrime laws aren't working, says minister
News But despite the challenges facing them, the police believe existing legislation — such as the Computer Misuse Act (CMA) — is adequate to combat UK crime. For Murphy, international cooperation between police forces and greater public awareness is...
[October 28, 2005, 13:00]
VoIP eavesdropping rules face mounting challenge
News Telecommunications firms, non-profit organisations and educators are asking the US Court of Appeals in Washington DC to overturn the controversial rules, which dramatically extend the sweep of an 11-year-old surveillance law designed to guarantee...
[October 25, 2005, 9:05]
Electronic evidence raises questions in porn case
News But, according to court documents, the electronic information prosecutors did divulge shows that files were added and deleted from computers while they were in police custody, and it took prosecutors nearly five years to discover illegal image...
[August 30, 2002, 14:24]
Napster gets temporary reprieve
News The evidence in this case clearly shows that Napster has not done all it can do to police its system," Cary Sherman, the RIAA's general counsel, said in a statement. We recognise that this is not an exact science," the panel of appeals judges wrote...
[July 19, 2001, 10:58]
Hacking tools tipped to become weapons of the state
News Distributed denial of service attacks and worms are characterised by having police powers," Reidenberg told the OII. Reidenberg told the OII that there must be prerequisite legal authority, stating the conditions when police can resort to online...
[March 10, 2004, 12:35]
HMRC offers £20,000 for return of lost discs
News In addition to the police appeal, HMRC is now offering a reward of "up to £20,000" for information leading to the safe return of the CDs — despite the fact that acting Liberal Democrat leader Vince Cable last week claimed the data on the discs...
[December 5, 2007, 14:08]
Greek government backs down on gaming
News Following widespread coverage and criticism of the new law, the government has issued guidelines to police making it clear that only games related to gambling are covered by the law. However, the three were rearrested again after a few days when...
[September 25, 2002, 11:05]
News Schmooze: Gaming gets ugly
News The police arrested three men responsible for the marauding missives, only one of whom, disappointingly, was Nigerian. Police said a major problem in tracking the activities of the spammers was that people didn't know who to turn to when they...
[May 24, 2002, 15:27]
